viceroyalty

• Nom désignant un territoire ou une province gouverné par un vice-roi, qui agit en tant que représentant du monarque ou du souverain.

A noun referring to a district or province governed by a viceroy, who acts as a representative of a monarch or sovereign.

1. Governed territoryC1formal

   A large district or province that is governed by a viceroy, who acts as the representative of a monarch.

   Vice-royauté (territoire gouverné)

   • The Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain included much of modern-day Mexico.
   • The viceroyalty was established to administer the distant colonies.
   • He was appointed to oversee the viceroyalty of Peru.